Pocket type cigarette extinguisher



Nov. 1, 1938. H HOFFMAN 2,134,826

POCKET TYPE CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER Filed Oct- 4, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 J g. f. Inventor Attorneys Nov. 1, 1938.

H. P. HOFFMAN 2,134,826

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rocxrr rm cloannm :x'rmcmsnnn Henry 1'. Hoffman, Preston, Iowa Application October 4, 1931, Serial No. lam-1c cum. (Cl. 200-41) The present invention relates tosmokers accessories and appliances and has more particular reference to 'a novel pocket type cigarette extinguisher and ash receiver.

As implied by the preceding general statement of the invention, I am sufliciently con-,

versant with the prior state of the art to realize that cigarette. snufl'ers, extinguishers and pocket ash receivers are not broadly new. Hence, in

p 10 setting out to perfect the preferred embodiment of my improved conception, I have developed what is perhaps a speciflc'structural novelty in this particular line of endeavor in that it is characterized by certain appreciable refinements l5 and improvements.

To be more specific, in accordance with my objective I have found it expedient as .well as practicable to adopt for use a simple lid equipped box or casing, this having therein a cigarette 20 receiver and satisfactorily usable nipper means for severingthe lit end of the cigarette.

Other features and advantages exemplified as embodied inthis nipper equipped magazine style accessory will become more readily apparent from 25 the following description and drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordance with the principles of the present inventive idea.

30 Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the internal details to advantage.

Figure 3 is a view like Fig. 2 illustrating the relative relationship of 'parts when the tip severing or nipper means is actuated.

Figure 4 is a horizontal longitudinal section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary transverse section on the line 5--5 of Fig. 2.

Figures 6 and 7 are perspective drawings of 40 certain of the details.

The device as a single object may be visualized as comprising a miniature 'pocketsize box or casing 8. It is made of suitable material and includes a body or receptacle portion 9 and a .13 lid I hinged at H and provided with a keeper clip l2.

One end of the casing is apertured and here I provide a closing disk l3, this being pivoted as at M and constituting a closure for the outer end of a horizontal tube l5 constituting a receiver into which the cigarette is projected. The inner end of the tube, which is open, is suitably suspended in a hanger bracket or fixture l6. Coordinated with the severing end of the tube :55 I5 is a U-shaped bracket I! which constitutes a sort of a stirrup for the ignited end of the cigarette. Cooperating with the stirrup, in which the cigarette is saddled, is an arcuate flat spring l8. r

The nipper is indicated in Fig. 6 and denoted 5 by the numeral It. It comprises an operating stem having a finger piece 2| and a head 22 forming the cutting blade. The blade is preferably spear-shaped and provided with a marginal cutting edge 23 so than penetrates the 10 cigarette and sweeps down through it in an effective severing or cutting action. The nipper is normally maintained in the elevated position shown in Fig. 2 by way of a return spring 24 anchored in the casing and having its free end exll tending through a slot 25 in the cutting blade. The nipper may be held in its inward position by placing a notch in the outer end of the stem 20 in engagement with a wall of the slot in an edge wall of the casing through which the stem I passes. When in this position, the nipper will not interfere with the placing of the device in a pocket, and when in this position, the blade of the. nipper will close the inner end of the tube It, thus holding a cigarette or a cigarette butt in 85 said tube, andsaid blade will also act to prevent ashes from the interior of the casing from getting in the tube with the butt. Thus the butt is kept clean and may be re-lighted and smoked, if desired. The cutting blade also carries a rigid yoke 26 andthis slidably embraces the arcuate spring l8. Hence, as the knife is depressed so to speak against the tension of the spring 24, the yoke sweeps down in cam pressure contact with the spring l8. This flexes the spring into the position seen in Fig. 3. Thusthe action of the knife is properly guided and the spring is brought into a position to serve as a stop or abutment for the ignited end of the cigarette. The spring 24, when in the position shown in Figure 3, also acts to extinguish the lighted end 0f the cigarette. It is evident therefore that in this way the lit end of the cigarette is severed conveniently and allowed to drop down into the depository. Not only does the device serve as a severing extinguisher for cigarettes, but it comes in as a handy appliance for a place for ashes when an ash tray, of the regular type, is not handy. Then, too, it constitutes an efiective depository for 5 cigarette butts. It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawings. Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size, and rearrangement of details coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to in actual practice, if desired.

What is claimed is:

l. A device of the class described comprising a casing, a cigarette receiving tube in said casing and having one'end opening out through a wall of the casing, a door for closing said end, a U- shaped stirrup supported in the casing and having its bight located in alignment with the tube and spaced from the inner end thereof, a knife including a stem and a blade, another wall of of the casing having a slot therein through which the stem passes. said blade entering the space between the stirrup and the inner end of the tube when the stem is pressed inwardly, a spring for normally holding the blade and stem in their outward position, and means for holding the stem and blade in their inward position and against the action of the spring.

2. A device of the class described comprising a casing, a tube supported in the casing and having one end opening out through a wall of the casing, a cutting member including a blade and a stem, another wall of the casing having a slot therein through which the stem passes, said cutting member being arranged at rightangles to the tube, with the blade extending across the inner end of the tube when the stem is forced inwardly, a spring member having one end connected with that wall of the casing having the slot therein, and said member having a part spaced from the inner end of the tube with the cutting member located between the spring member and the tube, and a yoke connected with the cutting member and passing around the spring member for forcing the spring member toward the tube when the cutting member is forced inwardly. 1

3. A device of the class described comprising a casing, a tube supported in the casing and having one end opening out through a wall of the casing, a cutting member including a blade and a stern, another wall of the casing having a slot therein through which the stem passes, said cutting member being arranged at rightangles to the tube, with the blade extending across the inner end of the tube when the stem is forced inwardly, a spring member having one end connected with that wall of the casing having the slot therein, and said member having a part spaced from the inner end of the tube with the cutting member located between the spring member and the tube, a yoke connected with the cutting member and passing around the spring member for forcing the spring member toward the tube when the cutting member is forced inwardly, and a U-shaped stirrup connected to the slotted wall of the casing and having its bight part spaced from but in alignment with the tube and between which and the inner end of the tube the knife member operates, said stirrup member being located between the knife member and the spring member, the spring member being pressed against the bight part of the stirrup when pressed by the yoke member of the knife member.

HENRY P. HOFFMAN. 

